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March 11, 2025 Presbytery Gathering Highlights
Next Stated Gathering
Eastminster Presbytery
March 11, 2025 - 12:00 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church, Salem
March 11, 2025 Call to the Stated Gathering:
11:30 a.m. - Check-in
Installation of the Presbytery Moderator & Vice Moderator
226th GA Book of Order Amendments
Introduction of new CRE Seekers, Enrollment of Inquirer, and Transfer of Minister Membership
Awards
Recognition of Retirement
Presbytery Offering will be directed to the Salem Community Pantry.
Offering Gifts can be made prior to the meeting using the presbytery payment portal, scanning the QR code, or using the Vanco Mobile Faith Engagement mobile app. Otherwise, a link will be posted in the chat section on Zoom during the worship service portion of our gathering.
On the Donations page, scroll down to the “Presbytery Meeting Offering”.
Directions for electronic giving can be found on the presbytery website’s home page.
As a reminder, in an effort to save trees, we do not provide handouts of the Presbytery E-Packet. Please print/download prior to the gathering.
March 2025 Presbytery E-Packet Documents:
Reports:
Presbytery Financials:
Statement of Activity (2024)
Congregational Remittances
Misc:
Voting Business for March 11, 2025
At the presbytery meeting on March 11, Eastminster Presbytery will vote on those items sent by the 226th General Assembly to the presbyteries for a vote. In preparation for that meeting, voting members of the presbytery and commissioners from congregations are encouraged to spend some time reading and praying about those items of business. In addition to the voting booklet with the full text of each item of business the Stated Clerk has provided the slides from the voting overview that he led on February 25. Click here to watch a short video from the Co-Moderators of the General Assembly for presbyteries preparing to vote. Click here to access videos of the committee presentations to the General Assembly for each item of business. Click here to access the original text and rationale the overtures as they were considered by the assembly. Also, commissioners are asked to spend some time preparing themselves by prayerfully reviewing "Seeking to be Faithful Together: Guidelines for Presbyterians in Times of Disagreement" to guide us as we prepare to do the work of the Church together.
Gathering Highlights
Stated Gatherings of PRESBYTERY
Presbytery will meet three times per year on the second Tuesday of March, August, and November.
March 11, 2025 - First Presbyterian Church, Salem, Noon
August 12, 2025 - First Presbyterian Church, Hudson, Time TBD
November 11, 2025 - Westminster Presbyterian Church, Boardman, 6:00 p.m.
Stated Meetings of COUNCIL
Presbytery Council will meet three times per year on the second Tuesday of February, July, and October (at the same location as stated gathering).
February 11, 2025 - 4:00 p.m.
July 8, 2025 - 4:00 p.m.
October 14, 2025 - 4:00 p.m.